Combined corn harvester and husker.



No. 883,073. PATENTBD MAR. 24, 1908 J. L. ALLENDER. COMBINED CORN HARVESTER AND HUSKER.

APPLIOATIOH FILED AUG. 22, 1906.

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removing the stalks, ears, the machine.

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Application filed. August 1 To all whom may comers:

Be it known that l, JAMES L. ALLENDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arlington, in the county of Rush, State of in diana, l'iave il'ivcnted certain new and useful IIn roveinents in Cinnhined Corn lilarv tors ant. Huskers; and l do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, end exact de scription of the invention, such will enable others skilled in the art to which it apperteins to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combined corn harvesters and huskers, the general. object thereof being to construct a simple, efficient, and durable machine of that type, capable of cutting the corn stalks as the machine run through the field, elevating; the stalks to a point inthe machine where they are seized by the snapping rolls and the cars removed. therefrom, shocking; the ears and separately and shuclr from The particular improvements consist in the construction Oil the gathering elevators, the operation of the same, the construction ol the shut-king rolls, and in the means for sepa- .retelv removing the ears, stalks, and shuck from the machine.

Further improvements consist in the means for forcing the stalks from. the elevators to the snapping rolls, and in the/means for adjusting the position or the main and so )pleinental frames of the machine.

ith these ends in view, the device consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter lescribed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side ele'vationiof a corn harvester and husher cmistru cted in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. t is a vertical longitudinal section taken centrally through Fig. Fig. 5 is a transversevertica-l section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a. portion of the oppositeside otthe machine from that illustrated in Fig. 1., showing the traction Wheel and slotted trainee in. which its axle moves. 5

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Patented March 24, 1908.

provided with fingers l2 nuniera s in the sevc =..=.l views.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designatesgronere lly the main frame of the machine, whichis eii substantially triangular shape,

and is provided with aserics o1" threenlining pairs of elevators l 1, l2, and 13, respectively, mounted one above the other in the frame. The several pairs of elevators 'are arranged. in parallel planes and the members of each pair are spaced apart to permit the rmssage of the'oorn stalks therethrough.

As shown in Fig. l, the uppermost air of elevators l1 of approximately twice the length oi. the intermediate and. lower pairs and extend beyond the same, as shown. Each elevator comprises a sprocket chain 11', by means of which the corn stallts are gathered and forced through the machine, the inner faces of the.

uprights being cut away, as 1nd cated by tlfie.

reference numeral 10, to enahle said lingers to pass thereby.

Located at the rear end of the main frame the main drive-shaft 15 ,ot the maritime, driven from one oil the traction wheels, carried in one of the side trsines of the machine, as i afterwards described. Shaft 15 has mounted thereon a pair of oppositely facing beveled pinions i? meshing with gears 18,

mounted on the lower ends of the elevator sl'iaits 19, said shaitsbeing inclined upwardly and forwardly and provided with sprockets 20, upon which the several sprocket chains of the elevator run. The mainframe lilsewise provided with pair of shafts 21 inclined in. similar fashion with the elevator shafts and provided with sprockets 22, which the lower ends of the chains of the elevators l2 and 13 run. T he various shafts above mentioned. are supported and' assed throughinclined braces 23, connector with the main frame and parallel with. the stretch of the elevator chains, which travel along the upper {are of said braces. i

The up erinost pair of braces are cut away at their ower ends, as shown, and their chains are held in ilace thereon by idlers 24. Saidhraces are li 'ewise provided at their lower ends with a small sprocket wheel for m0 upon front ends, thus il'orining with the dipper braces and chains an inwardly convergmg-m5 opening, by means of which the corn stalks are more easily guided through the mechine.

The lower end of the lowermost pair of hraceswcarries e lniihi 2c erranqed transversely therehctween, hymeans of which the corn stalks, when they reach this point in their passage through the machine, are sevcred at a slight distance from the ground.

Each p air of braces is connected at its rear end by a bent rod 2'1", as shown in Fig. 3, such rods acting as stops or packers, and tending to force the corn stalks into the bight of a pair of snapping rolls28, mounted on shafts a-stu. shalt carriedin one of said braces.v

By. the provision of the idler, the snapping rolls are run toward each other and the corn stalks passin therebetween will be removed rrom tie machine by a chute 34, lo cated therebeneath, an inclined guide 34 extending transversely between braces 29, and thus preventing the stalks from reaching the chute without passing through the snapping rolls.

On the passage of the stalks through the snappin rolls, the ears of corn will be squeezec or snap ed oil the stalks by the action of the rol s, which are provided for this purpose with longitudinal ridges. The snap'ed ears then fall between a air of STIUCQIlIl rollers 35, the surface of wich is provider with small pin-points or rojections, which remove the shuck from t is car, whence the shuck falls along an inclined chute 36 to the bottom of the machine and is blown by means of a fan 37 through a ipe 38 out of the machine. The upper on s of the shocking rollers are provided with intermeshing pinions 39, one of which is driven by a gear 39 upon the upper end of an inclined shaft 40 having a gear 40 meshing with a beveled inion 41 upon the main drive shaft. The sha't of the fan 37 is likewise provided with a pinion 42 in mesh with the pinion 43, mounted on the forward end of a longitudinall disposed shaft M, which last mentioned shaft carries on its rear end a pinion 45, which meshes with a pinion 42 on the main drive shaft .15. Pinions 4.1 and 42 on the main drive shaft are formed much larger than those on the fan and shucking roller drive shafts so that'the latter shafts will be ro- .tated at a greater speed than the former.

The space between the shocking rollers is sufficiently large to permit the ears of corn to project part way therethrough, that the shuck may be more readily removed by the projections on the roller. The cars of corn thus shucked pass out through a chute 43 mounted upon one side of the main frame, each ear being forced along said chute by the succeeding ears.

Mounted at cachside of the main frame are said an seems supplemental frames 44 and 45, in which fit. the traction Wheels 46 and i1, respectively, the latter of which is likewise the master' One of said pinions is formed inte- 54 carried in a bracket 55 mounted upon the frame 45 towards its rear end, the oppositeend of said rod having an operating crank 56. The opposite frame 44 carries a pair .of vertical frames 57 similar to rocks 48, the

bearingeblockslof the axle 59 of the treetionwheel 46 being movably mounted in the openings erslotstherein, the outer endof the e being connected with an operating lever 60 carrying a spring pressed dog engaging in a segmental rack carried upon the outer frame sill. By the above-described means, the main frame 10, which is rigidly connected with the supplemental frames,

may be raised or lowered upon the traction Wheel axles, upon the ioftatlo'n of the-worm wheel 52 or movement of the operating lever 60. The frame 45 is further provided with a lever 62 pivoted thereto and connected by a link 63with a block secured to the tongue 65 of the machine pivoted to the front end of the frame, which latter is provided with the usual segmental rack with which the dog of the lever 62 enga es. A forwardmovement of said lever wil therefore tilt the front end of the machine downwardly, while a reverse movement of the lever will in like manner raise the front end, the link connection between the lever and tongue-block readily effecting such tiltin movement.

The main drive s aft is rotated through the mediumof a sprocket chain 66 assing over a sprocket wheel 67 thereon, an over a sprocket Wheel 68 rigidly secured to the axle v51 of the master wheel, the rotation of which latter effects the rotation of the sprocket wheel 68.

The 0 eration oftheentire machine will be readiy understood from the foregoing, and an extended description -1's-'therefore deemed unnecessary.

What is claimed, is 1 In a machine of the class described, in

combination, a main frame; a supplemental frame rigidly connected to the main frame at each side thereof; a member secured to a side sill of each supplemental frame and provided with a vertical opening; a traction wheel carried by each supplemental frame and having the 0 posite ends of its axle loosely fitting in t e openings in the adjacent members; means mounted upon said supplemental frames for bodily raising or 5 for tilting said frames; a plurality of pairs of in werdly and reerwerdly inclined elevators mourned one above another on. said main frame; stalk-cutting means connected to the lowest elevators; a drive-shaft carried by rnseirl 11min frame and operetively connected with one of said traction wheels; driving :iconnections between said shaft and sent elevators for. operating all of the latter sirnnltaneously; snapping rollers mounted in the rear of said main frame and operetively, connected with said shaft; means carried by said elevators for forcing the cut stalks between seirl snapping rollers; and a pair of shucking. rollers operetively connected with said sheflfancl disposed adjacent said simpping rollers.

In testimony whereof, I eflixmy signature, in presence of two witnesses.

, JAMES L. ALLENIJER.

Witnesses:

JACOB AnAMs, JAMES HAvnNs. 

